Ludwig II. (1973)
1864 wird Ludwig II. zum König von Bayern gekrönt. Eine erste Amtshandlung ist die Förderung des Komponisten Richard Wagner. Dieser wird nach München geholt und großzügig mit finanziellen Mitteln ausgestattet. Ludwig bemerkt nicht, dass Wagner ein Verhältnis mit Cosima von Bülow hat; als er die Wahrheit erfährt, fühlt er sich hintergangen und bittet Wagner, München zu verlassen. Für seine Cousine Elisabeth von Österreich hat er eine schwärmerische romantische Bewunderung, er fühlt sich jedoch durch deren hochmütiges Verhalten in seinem Stolz verletzt...
Der Regisseur:
Luchino Visconti
Die Autor:
Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti, Suso Cecchi d'Amico.
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Helmut Berger as Ludwig |
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Romy Schneider as Elisabeth of Austria |
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Trevor Howard as Richard Wagner |
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Silvana Mangano as Cosima von Bülow |
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Gert Fröbe as Father Hoffmann |
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Helmut Griem as Dürckheim |
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Izabella Telezynska as Queen Mother |
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Umberto Orsini as Count von Holnstein |
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John Moulder-Brown as Prince Otto |
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Sonia Petrovna as Sophie |
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Folker Bohnet as Joseph Kainz |
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Heinz Moog as Professor von Gudden |
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Adriana Asti as Lila von Buliowski |
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Marc Porel as Richard Hornig |
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Nora Ricci as Countess Ida Ferenczy |
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Mark Burns as Hans von Bülow |
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Maurizio Bonuglia as Mayr |
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Alexander Allerson as Secretary of State |
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Bert Bloch as Weber |
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Manfred Fürst as |
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Kurt Großkurth as Minister of Finance |
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Anne-Marie Hanschke as Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother |
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Gérard Herter as Prince Luitpold |
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Ian Linhart as Maximilian |
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Carla Mancini as |
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Gernot Möhner as Hesselschwerd |
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Clara Moustawcesky as Hélène |
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Alain Naya as |
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Alessandro Perella as |
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Karl-Heinz Peters as Washinton |
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Wolfram Schaerf as Crailsheim |
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Henning Schlüter as Minister Fistermeister |
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Helmut Stern as |
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Eva Axén as Maria |
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Louise Vincent as |
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Alexander Stephan as Carlo Teodoro |
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Karl-Heinz Windhorst as Doctor Müller |
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Raika Juri as Matilde |
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Angelo Casadei as Priest (uncredited) |
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Hans Elwenspoek as Doctor Rumpler (uncredited) |
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Karl Menzel as Stableboy in Hunding's Hut (uncredited) |
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Howard Nelson Rubien as Ambassador (uncredited) |
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Berno von Cramm as Torring (uncredited) |
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Friedrich von Ledebur as Hofmarschall (uncredited) |
| Writing | Enrico Medioli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Luchino Visconti | Screenplay |
| Production | Ugo Santalucia | Producer |
| Production | Robert Gordon Edwards | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Armando Nannuzzi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Art | Mario Chiari | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Tosi | Costume Design |
| Directing | Luchino Visconti | Director |
| Writing | Luchino Visconti | Story |
| Writing | Enrico Medioli | Story |
| Camera | Nino Cristiani | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Giuseppe Bernardini | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Federico Del Zoppo | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Daniele Nannuzzi | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Gianni Maddaleni | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Sergio Melaranci | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Albino Cocco | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Giorgio Ferrara | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Fanny Wessling | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Luchino Gastel | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Louise Vincent | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Renata Franceschi | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Lucio Trentini | Production Manager |
| Sound | Robert Schumann | Music |
| Sound | Richard Wagner | Music |
| Sound | Jacques Offenbach | Music |
| Sound | Franco Mannino | Conductor |
| Editing | Lea Mazzocchi | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Stefano Patrizi | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Mario Scisci | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Pietro Ferraroli | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Luchino Oltrona Visconti | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Pescucci | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Art | Enzo Eusepi | Set Decoration |
| Art | Corrado Ricercato | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Gianfranco De Dominicis | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Production | Federico Starace | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto De Rossi | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Grazia De Rossi | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Teresa Corridoni | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Cristofani | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gilda De Guilmi | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eligio Trani | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stefano Trani | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Vittorio Trentino | Sound |
| Sound | Giuseppe Muratori | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Mario Tursi | Still Photographer |
| Production | Albino Morandin | Unit Manager |
| Production | Federico Tocci | Unit Manager |
| Production | Giorgio Russo | Unit Manager |
| Production | Klaus Zeissler | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Crew | Ugo Santalucia | Presenter |